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A review by manjala
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
5.0
I postponed reading this for 2 years, because I had a feeling I would love it and didn't want to be disappointed.
Maybe I should trust my gut feeling more often, because this was beautiful.
“He looked him right in the eyes and saw a man who was great and good and human, who had done extraordinary things and terrible things and been broken and reassembled as a shell, only then to do the bravest thing of all: He had kept on living, though there are easier paths to take.”
“It was the hate of the used and tormented, who are the children of the used and tormented, and whose own children will be used and tormented.”
Sarai's and Eril Fane's stories were heartbreaking.
"It was cruel. Like opening a birdcage to let the bird fly out, whilst all the while it's tethered by the leg, and freedom is only an illusion.”
What a magical, whimsical and heartfelt story about loss, hope (and hopelessness), family, grief, trauma and love.
“There was a man who loved the moon, but whenever he tried to embrace her, she broke into a thousand pieces and left him drenched, with empty arms.”
About loneliness and feeling seen for who you are. Laini Taylor's writing is absolutely gorgeous and magical, and her imagination is so wonderful.
I still have many questions, so I hope the next book will solve some of the mysteries still left within this world. And please, give me some more of my grumpy golden-haired alchemist boi.
Maybe I should trust my gut feeling more often, because this was beautiful.
“He looked him right in the eyes and saw a man who was great and good and human, who had done extraordinary things and terrible things and been broken and reassembled as a shell, only then to do the bravest thing of all: He had kept on living, though there are easier paths to take.”
“It was the hate of the used and tormented, who are the children of the used and tormented, and whose own children will be used and tormented.”
Sarai's and Eril Fane's stories were heartbreaking.
"It was cruel. Like opening a birdcage to let the bird fly out, whilst all the while it's tethered by the leg, and freedom is only an illusion.”
What a magical, whimsical and heartfelt story about loss, hope (and hopelessness), family, grief, trauma and love.
“There was a man who loved the moon, but whenever he tried to embrace her, she broke into a thousand pieces and left him drenched, with empty arms.”
About loneliness and feeling seen for who you are. Laini Taylor's writing is absolutely gorgeous and magical, and her imagination is so wonderful.
I still have many questions, so I hope the next book will solve some of the mysteries still left within this world. And please, give me some more of my grumpy golden-haired alchemist boi.